TheBobbicus (he/him)

This is just straight neolib ACT policy dressed up as a Westpac report.

We don't want the Americanisation of our health system. Any public sector woes would be dwarfed by the poverty and poor health privatisation would bring to many AoNZers. Westpac and Seymour can just fuck off with this. #nzpol

This is not journalism, this is PR for the profit seekers at the expense of the NZ public.

NZ desperately needs journalistic and political representation if it is at all to protect the healthcare system. Those who have the goal of privatisation sure have plenty of representation.

Julie Anne Genter/NZ Greens post: In 2020, as Minister for Women, I helped pass changes to the Equal Pay Act to bring in a world-leading system to address systemic undervaluation and underpayment of female-dominated professions: Nurses, midwives, early childhood educators, teachers, clerical and admin workers, librarians, care and support workers, and so many crucial roles that enable our society to flourish. This cruel Coalition Government repealed that law and cancelled 33 claims that were in process - denying fair pay to hundreds of thousands of low paid essential workers, mostly women. We will bring it back, and fix our tax system, so we can pay our essential workers properly. @nzgreenparty #payequity #nzpol

Hey thanks NZ Greens for being the only party on International Women’s Day who made a serious, detailed, informed post about the inequity faced by NZ women and committed to doing something about it. 💚

Shock as Auckland hospital workers told jobs may be cut next year Health NZ signals possible changes for Auckland support roles, staff express shock.

'Diabetic dementia hospital patient dies while waiting for food.'

They'll blame the overworked nurse but it's totally on this ruthless cruel gov slashing non clinical support staff.

Austerity kills.. #nzpol

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/non-clini...

Israeli special forces reportedly disguised themselves as healthcare workers to dig up a grave in Lebanon

Hang on Israel, I thought you guys said that disguising soldiers as health workers was a massive no-no, or is that only when they're actually health workers and you want an excuse to shoot them and hide their corpses anyway?

EVERY ACCUSATION, for fuck sake, every single one.

#nzpol

Ah well, bye-bye Substack...

We will go wherever things remain decent, and abandon those platforms that don't

Calling war profiteering and gambling "live markets" to profit from is beyond fucked

#nzpol

Absolutely 💯😁

Must admit I'm disappointed in myself not getting quite so strong an anti-ACT score, but still pretty happy overall

A political vector alignment chart showing a strong left lean

A political alignment chart showing a strong left lean

Are you me? 😂😂

Thanks for that tool Paul, good to see another tool confirm my thoughts on where my alignment is #wokeleftyandproud

#nzpol

It's similar across healthcare, even to the IT side of things (anyone remember the issue in Akl recently?) and other sectors (e.g. Agriculture)

(Most of) our unemployed youth *are* qualified, *are* keen to work, *are* willing and able, but employers are either not willing or able to pay properly.

A lot of the unemployed young people are qualified but in something the government refuses to fund, like healthcare, and so there's no jobs available for them in their field.
E.g. only 45% of new grad. nurses got a place last year due to $$ cuts, despite the promised place when they started study.

And yes, I know ACT only think it's bad because their Dear Leader will lose most of his play-mates on Snapchat if the ban goes ahead

How absolutely, appallingly bad does an idea have to be for the Greens and ACT to agree it's bad?

#nzpol the cruelty is the point

Government passes retrospective law codifying debt for beneficiaries The Government has passed a controversial law that will codify more than $63 million in debt owed by beneficiaries with ACC claims.

Hateful. #NzPol

Now we go across to our "no shit" correspondent, Sherlock. Sherlock, do you think this was part of their plan when they started this war?

This is a welcoming account. 🏳️‍⚧️

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures The government has been accused of scaremongering after Erica Stanford said there were "tens of thousands more" overstayer.

"Misspoke" is such a weaksauce euphemism for "lied" and it seems like a daily occurrence that senior members of the government are having to admit to have "misspoken". Here is today's edition.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Got a source for that? Nothing showed up for me when I searched it

That too haha

An image of Luxon, Seymour, and Peters, with the text "under the previous government Wellington Harbour would have two new purpose-built ferries by now. Under our leadership Wellington Harbour just has poo in it"

Hey #nzpol peoples, found this one on the book of faces and thought it was quite good: www.facebook.com/share/p/14So...

ATTENTION READ THIS
SHOUT ABOUT IT
#NZPol

Deputy prime minister Mr 8% needs to shut the fuck up and be made to understand that critical national transport infrastructure should be owned entirely by the government and operating completely independently of the obligation to "make a profit", whether it be planes or trains or ferries.

#nzpol

Which recent CoC decision would you guys apply this to most?

#nzpol

(ps, this guy does some really quite apt artwork for what's going on politically, should definitely check them out)

#NZpol

So I've *just* come in from another long day, this week has pretty much be spent outside doing labouring shit, and it's this 🤬🤮

Oh well... what more can be saidIabout this US//MAGA-licking "Govt"?

As always: turn up on Nov 7, PLEASE (and to the extent NZF isn't calling the shots either!!).

@effinbirds "I'm fuckin exhausted from being angry all the time"

It's important for New Zealanders who don't subscribe to the March 2019 Christchurch killer's violent extremism, & white supremacism to appreciate the degree to which what's in his 'manifesto' (which remains banned in the country) is openly signalled by, & inspires influential far-right podcasts.

NZCPR Author on Tamatha Paul Cycleways vs Water Piece Doesn't Exist Minutes from the meeting and those there, on the left and right of council, have confirmed the vote never happened as described. Moa Point is being fanned by bad actors to pin the blame

Please can you guys share this piece or if not the piece, the information in it, on social media. #nzpol

NZCPR Author on Tamatha Paul Cycleways vs Water Piece Doesn't Exist. Minutes from the meeting and those there, on the left & right of council, have confirmed the vote never happened as described

'I don't take advice': PM dismisses Police Association warnings on 'move-on' order

“I don’t take advice”

I’m ignorant by design says PM Luxon. I demonstrate my inability to listen to experts and/or act on evidence everyday.